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{{Short description|British game show (2006–2007)}}
{{Distinguish|Poker Face (TV series){{!}}''Poker Face'' (TV series)}}
{{About|the British game show|the Indian version|PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha{{!}}''PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha''|the song|Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|other versions|#International versions}}
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{{Infobox television
| image        = pokerface-logo.jpg
| genre        = [[Game show]]
| creator      = [[Ant & Dec]]
| presenter    = {{ubl|[[Ant McPartlin]]|[[Declan Donnelly]]}}
| narrated     = [[Tim Caple]]
| country      = United Kingdom
| language     = English
| num_series   = 2
| num_episodes = 14
| runtime      = 60{{spaces}}minutes <small>(inc. adverts)</small>
| company      = [[Talkback Thames]] in association with Gallowgate
| network      = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|2006|7|10|df=y}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|2007|3|3|df=y}}
}}

'''''PokerFace''''' (also known as '''''Ant & Dec's PokerFace''''') is <!-- not "was", see WP:TVLEAD --> a British [[game show]] broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], where one person is guaranteed to win £1{{spaces}}million. The show was created by [[Ant & Dec]], who also host it. As implied by the title, ''PokerFace'', is based on the bluffing aspect of [[poker]] games. The contestants do not necessarily need to get the questions right in order to win, and can bluff their way through the game and pressure their opponents into folding in order to win.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rae |first=Helen |date=2007-02-07 |title=Pensioner's poker face wins her thousands |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/pensioners-poker-face-wins-thousands-1483374 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=ChronicleLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-13 |title=Pokerface wins Amy a cool £66K in TV quiz |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/pokerface-wins-amy-a-cool-66k-1037377 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref>

The show was originally going to be called ''The Con Test'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=2006-03-23 |title=Ant and Dec strike gameshow gold |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/23/broadcasting.ITV |access-date=2023-07-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> but the name was changed just weeks before the show began.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-02 |title=US deal agreed for Ant & Dec's 'Con Test' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33715/us-deal-agreed-for-ant-decs-con-test/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, the Australian version is called ''[[The Con Test]]''. Series 1 of the show was aired nightly for seven consecutive days (the seventh show being the final), whilst series 2 saw the show moved to a Saturday prime-time slot, lasted for seven weeks.

In 2021, Ant & Dec revealed that TV bosses were interested in reviving ''PokerFace'', but that they themselves were unlikely to present it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ant and Dec say TV Bosses want to revive PokerFace |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/ant-dec-say-bosses-want-revive-pokerface-1282434.html |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.femalefirst.co.uk |date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
The format of ''PokerFace'' was created by Ant & Dec. Originally called ''The Con Test'', the show was announced in March 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lepper |first=Joe |date=24 March 2006 |title=Ant and Dec's poker gameshow gets green light from ITV |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/ant-decs-poker-gameshow-gets-green-light-itv/549266 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.campaignlive.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> "We came up with the idea about two years ago and tried it out on our friends - we played it out in a room upstairs at our local pub," Dec said. "It's an exciting game. You don't need great general knowledge, but you need the intelligence to convince the other contestants you know the answers." Ant said: "I don't play [[poker]] but I've always liked the idea of bluffing your opponents. This game is all about cunning and being able to hold your nerve."<ref name="RTÉ">{{cite news |date=2006-03-23 |title=Ant and Dec set for new quiz show |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2006/0323/406515-antandec/ |work=RTÉ |language=en}}</ref>

Paul Jackson, director of entertainment and comedy for ITV, said: "We're delighted to be working with Ant and Dec on this promising new format - but I'm sure the boys won't mind me saying that the real stars of this show are the contestants who have got to be consummate performers if they want to win the million."<ref name="RTÉ"/>

==Format==
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!rowspan="2"|Round!! rowspan="2"| Questions !! colspan="2"|Value
|-
!Preliminary
!Final
|-
|1
|8
|£500 <br> (£4,000)
|£1,000 <BR> (£8,000)
|-
|2
|rowspan="4"|5
|£750 <br> (£3,750)
|£1,500 <br> (£7,500)
|-
|3
|£1,000 <br> (£5,000)
|£2,000 <br> (£10,000)
|-
|4
|£1,250 <br> (£6,250)
|£2,500 <br> (£12,500)
|-
|5
|£1,500 <br> (£7,500)
|£3,000 <br> (£15,000)
|-
!colspan="2"|Maximum total
!£26,500
!£53,000
|}

On each of the first six episodes within a series, six contestants compete for a prize of £50,000 and a place in the £1{{spaces}}million final seventh episode.

Each episode begins with "The Grilling," a segment recorded one day earlier, in which the contestants are brought together to introduce and talk about themselves. They may tell the truth or lie as they see fit, with on-screen prompts indicating honesty or deception for the home viewers' benefit, and clips of their reactions to one another's claims (recorded after the Grilling is complete) are interspersed throughout the segment. The contestants then enter the studio and sit in front of separate screens, each of which displays only that person's score.

The first round consists of eight multiple-choice questions with three answer options each. Contestants have three seconds to lock in their responses, starting after the question and choices have been read, and receive £500 per correct answer. On-screen prompts and a leaderboard are used to show the contestants' performance to the viewers, and at the end of the round, Ant & Dec ask each person how they think they did. As in the Grilling, contestants may tell the truth or bluff at their discretion. All six contestants then stand at a line of podiums, each of which holds a red button, and a slow countdown from 10 begins. The first contestant to push their button (if any) leaves the game or "folds" and keeps all of their winnings; however, if no one does so, the contestant with the lowest total is eliminated and forfeits their money. In the event of a tie for last place, the contestant who answered the round's questions in the slower total time is eliminated. In either case, the departing contestant is briefly interviewed and shown the leaderboard in private. This element would later be used on another game show, ''[[Awake: The Million Dollar Game|Awake]]'', albeit with different rules.

Four more rounds are played in this fashion, each with five questions and a value that increases by £250 per round. After the fifth round, the last player still in the game has their winnings increased to £50,000.

The six winners return for the final, but must put their £50,000 prizes at risk. All question values are doubled (£1,000 in the first round, increasing by £500 per round thereafter). Any contestants who fold keep both their £50,000 and any money they have earned in the final, but eliminated last-place contestants forfeit all of their winnings. The last remaining player has their winnings increased to £1 million. During the final of the second series, the fifth-round countdown started from 15 rather than 10.

For contestants who did not win a game, the maximum potential winnings total was £26,500 in the preliminary episodes. For those who won a game but did not win the final, the maximum total was £53,000 in addition to the £50,000 already won in the preliminaries.

==International versions==
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{| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country !! Name !! Host(s) !! TV station !! Date aired !! Regular top prize !! Grand final top prize
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Australia}}
| '''''[[The Con Test]]'''''
| [[Osher Günsberg|Andrew G]]<br>[[Brigitte Duclos]]
| [[Network 10|Network Ten]]
| 7 February – 11 April 2007
| {{currency|50,000|AUD}}
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|none}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Brazil}}
| '''''[[:pt:O Jogador (programa de televisão)|O Jogador]]'''''
| [[Ana Hickmann]]<br>[[:pt:Britto Júnior|Britto Junior]]
| [[Record (TV network)|Rede Record]]
| 23 October 2007 – 23 August 2008
| {{currency|50,000|BRL}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|China}}
| '''''王牌碟中谍'''''<br>{{small|Wangpai die zhong die}}
| Shen Tao<br>[[Haman Hu|Hua Shao]]
| [[Zhejiang Television|ZJTV]]
| 2012–2014
| {{currency|26,500|CNY}}
| CN¥{{spaces}}38,250 and<br />a free trip to [[Antarctica]] (2013)<br />or a car (2014)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Colombia}}
| '''''El Jugador'''''
| Andrea Serna<br />Claudia Bahamón
| [[RCN Televisión|RCN]]
| 2007
| {{currency|200,000,000|COP}}
| {{N/A|none}}
|-
| style="text-align:left; " | {{flag|Hungary}}
| '''''[[:hu:Pókerarc|PókerArc]]'''''
| [[István Vágó]]<br>[[Balázs Sebestyén]]
| [[RTL (Hungarian TV channel)|RTL Klub]]
| 5 November 2007 – 21 December 2008
| {{currency|2,000,000|HUF}} <br />  7,000,000{{spaces}}Ft
| 20,000,000{{spaces}}Ft<br />50,000,000{{spaces}}Ft
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|India}}
| '''''[[PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha]]'''''
| [[Sharman Joshi]]
| [[Real (TV channel)|Real TV]]
| 2 – 8 March 2009
| {{N/A|none}}
| {{currency|10,000,000|INR}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mexico}}
| '''''[[:es:Doble cara|Doble Cara]]'''''
| Rodrigo Murray
| [[XHDF-TDT|Azteca Trece]]
| 26 May 2007{{spaces}}–{{spaces}}7 July 2013
| {{currency|100,000|MXN}}
| {{N/A|none}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Norway}}
| '''''[[:no:PokerFjes (TV 2-serie)|PokerFjes]]'''''
| Øyvind Fjeldheim<br>Cathrine Riis Lilleaas
| [[TV 2 (Norwegian TV channel)|TV 2]]
| 2007
| {{currency|100,000|NOK}}
| kr{{spaces}}1,000,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Poland}}
| '''''Wielki Poker'''''
| Cezary Kosiński<br>Paweł Burczyk
| [[TVP2]]
| 2007
| {{currency|50,000|PLN}}
| 250,000zł
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Portugal}}
| '''''[[:pt:Jogo Duplo (programa da RTP)|Jogo Duplo]]'''''
| [[José Carlos Malato]]<br>Ana Galvão
| [[RTP1]]
| 25 August 2008 – 28 March 2010
| [[Euro|€]]10,000
| €50,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Slovakia}}
| '''''Veľký hráč'''''
| Peter Kočiš<br>Ján Dubnička
| [[TV JOJ]]
| 17 September 2006 – 24 June 2007
| {{N/A|none}}
| 1,000,000 [[Slovak koruna|Sk]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sweden}}
| '''''[[:sv:Pokerfejs (TV-program)|PokerFejs]]'''''
| Gry Forssell<br>Adam Alsing
| [[TV4 (Swedish TV channel)|TV4]]
| 2007
| {{currency|200,000|SEK}}
| kr{{spaces}}1,000,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Vietnam}}
| '''''Đấu trí'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anninhthudo.vn/Giai-tri/Dau-tri-gameshow-moi-cua-VTV3-sap-trinh-lang/313339.antd |title=Đấu trí – gameshow mới của VTV3 sắp trình làng |language=vi |date=29 October 2007}}</ref>{{efn|This one is also a name of a film broadcast on VTV1 from 18 July to 2 November 2022. Note: it wasn't a game show.}}
| Nguyễn Tùng Chi<br> Lại Văn Sâm
| [[VTV3]]
| 29 October 2007 – 5 September 2008
| {{currency|15,000,000|VND}}
| ₫30,000,000 {{small|(semi-final)}}<br>₫60,000,000 {{small|(final)}}
|}
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061128023634/http://www.fremantlemedia.com/our-programmes/view/Game+Shows/viewprogramme/Poker+Face ''Poker Face'' programme description @ Fremantlemedia (via Internet Archive)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070219074943/http://www.ten.com.au/ten/tv_thecontest.html ''The Con Test''] on [[network 10|Network Ten]]
*[http://www.zjstv.com/program/wpdzd/index.html ''Wang Pai Die Zhong Die'']
*[http://www.zjstv.com/zt/wpdzd/ ''Wang Pai Die Zhong Die'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070308092530/http://www.canalrcn.com/programas/?idI=1&idP=498 ''El Jugador''] on [[RCN Televisión|RCN]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071222033215/http://tv4.se/pokerfejs/ ''Pokerfejs''] on [[TV4 (Swedish TV channel)|TV4]].
*{{UKGameshow|PokerFace|PokerFace}}.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224050500/http://www.tvazteca.com.mx/entretenimiento/doblecara/index.shtml ''Doble Cara'']  on [[TV Azteca]].
*[http://www.rtlklub.hu/pokerarc/ ''Pókerarc''] on [[RTL (Hungarian TV channel)|RTL Klub]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081003230710/http://ww1.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/jogo_duplo/index.php ''Jogo Duplo''] on [[RTP1]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005221235/http://www.rederecord.com.br/frameset.asp?prog=85 ''O Jogador''] on [[record (TV network)|Rede Record]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061211164848/http://www.joj.sk/velky-hrac/ ''Vel′ký hráč''] on [[TV JOJ]].
*[http://www.officialantanddec.com Website of Ant & Dec]
*{{IMDb title|id=0827945|title=PokerFace}}.
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